A once felon and now “born again comedian,” Dean Schardan is really turning his life around. The man has not had it easy and it’s not because cruel people paved a tortuous road for him; unfortunately he’s the one who put himself in such terrible situations.

Christian Finnegan is a regular on “Are We There Yet,” a show with 44 episodes already under its belt and entering its third season on TBS this fall. But talk to him and he comes off like the average working comedian.

You all know Lewis Black. His endlessly malevolent tirades from his work as a Daily Show correspondent are iconoclastic. His disdain for Twitter and obnoxious social media geeks is perhaps the only thing he hates more than two Starbucks coffee shops on the same corner.

Comedian and actor Chris Rock just got an O.K. from FX for a new weekly half-hour late-night series which he will executive produce.

His voice is heard by millions every morning as “Nephew Tommy” on the Steve Harvey Morning Show. Comedian and actor Thomas Miles recently talked with AmericasComedy.Com about his beginnings in radio, his Shakespearean roots, what it was like to be the opening act for the late Luther Vandross, and those prank phone calls that have become his calling card. Miles also hits the road regularly headlining clubs, hosting events like the Essense Music Festival and even traveling overseas to perform for American troops as part of the USO.

I’ve written before that comedians often make surprisingly great actors. Patton Oswalt certainly showed that in Diablo Cody’s movie Young Adult. The comedian now plans to show off more of his range by guest starring on CBS’ hit show Two and a Half Men.

T.J. Miller has reached another milestone in his successful stand-up comedy career. Comedy Central has decided to order eight episodes of Mash Up, a half-hour stand-up series hosted by Miller and directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.

Whether she’s smoking pot on her hit reality TV show, ridiculing a celebrities’ wardrobe on the red carpet, or perhaps getting another round of Botox, it seems as if comedian Joan Rivers is not ready to give up her title of being the center of attention just yet.

Wednesday night on The Late Show with David Letterman, Jon Stewart was the hugely anticipated guest. But he may have over stepped his boundaries by sharing a little too much dirt on the long time host.

The first comedy show I ever went to was headlined by Bret Ernst at the Punchline in San Francisco. Even though he was recommended to me by a friend, I YouTubed’ his stand-up to see what I was getting myself into. I was not impressed, hardly laughed, and didn’t feel up to going out and paying to see him.